Lot 143
  • 143

Traugott Schiess

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • Traugott Schiess
  • Study of a Tree Stump and Outline of Tree Stump: a double-sided drawing
  • inscribed 4 Juni 53 lower left; inscribed 2 [circled], verso
  • watercolor over pencil on wove paper.  Together with French School, 19th Century, Road by The Sea, watercolor on paper. 2 works.
  • the first 7 1/2 by 5 3/4 in.; the second 4 7/8 by 7 5/8 in.
  • 19 by 14.6 cm; 12.4 by 19.4 cm

Provenance

The first: Estate of the artist
Dr. Martin Moeller Kunsthandel, Hamburg
Acquired from the above, 2004

Condition

The first: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt, handling creases, a few scattered fox marks. Not examined out of frame. The second: In generally good condition aside from surface dirt, crease lower left. Not examined out of frame.
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Catalogue Note

Please see page 93 for an additional illustration of this lot.